HCM 340 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: The focus of this module was on quality care. For your final project, you will research a gap in access to quality, equity, or efficiency of healthcare,
(including existing initiatives in place to address the gap and economic and regulatory factors that are currently in place to address the gap). To begin this
project, you must first conduct some background research into the gap and the impacted population.
Prompt: After reviewing the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document, select a healthcare delivery process gap and population affected from the list below.
This will be the base of your final project, the healthcare delivery systems research paper.
• Option One: A gap in quality related to care coordination for individuals with chronic illnesses
• Option Two: A gap in equity related to mental health access for veterans
• Option Three: A gap in efficiency related to rising cost of pharmaceuticals for the aging population
In your paper, you will explain why the chosen topic is a gap in healthcare and analyze the specific population impacted by the issue. Specifically, you should
address the following:
• Describe a specific gap in the delivery of healthcare. Include the specific population affected by the gap.
• Briefly describe the history of this gap in access to healthcare. Has this been an issue historically, or is it a modern issue?
• Explain the impact that the socioeconomic background of the population has on their access to healthcare.
• Describe how the healthcare delivered to the population is affected by the gap in access.
• Predict any potential implications if this gap in access is not addressed.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font,
one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Introduction: Gap Describes a specific gap in the delivery
of healthcare, including the specific
population affected by the gap
Describes a specific gap in the delivery
of healthcare, including the specific
population affected by the gap, but the
description is cursory or contains
inaccuracies
Does not describe a specific gap in the
delivery of healthcare to a specific
population
18
Introduction: History Briefly describes the history of this gap
in access to healthcare
Describes the history of this gap in
access to healthcare, but description is
verbose or contains inaccuracies
Does not describe the history of this gap
in access to healthcare
18
Introduction: Socioeconomic
Background
Explains the impact socioeconomic
background has on a population’s access
to healthcare
Explains the impact socioeconomic
background has on a population’s access
to healthcare, but explanation is cursory
or illogical
Does not explain the socioeconomic
background has on a population’s access
to healthcare
18
Introduction: Affect Describes how the healthcare delivered
to the population is affected by the gap
in access
Describes how the healthcare delivered
to the population is affected by the gap
in access, but description cursory or
contains inaccuracies
Does not describe how the healthcare
delivered to the population is affected
by the gap in access
18
Introduction: Implications Predicts any potential implications if the
gap in access is not addressed
Predicts any potential implications if the
gap in access is not addressed, but
predictions are unrealistic or unrelated
Does not predict any potential
implications if the gap in access is not
addressed
18
Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related
to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax,
or organization
Submission has major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that negatively impact
readability and articulation of main
ideas
Submission has critical errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that prevent understanding
of ideas
10
Total 100%